Holbrook has its season off to a 2-0 start with a pair of wins over 3A north teams over the weekend. Playing in Window Rock on Friday night, the Roadrunners were a little sluggish early on and trailed the Scouts 13-8 through the first eight minutes. Amaren Nelson scored all four of his points in the quarter.
Travis Bia and Braylon Taliman each hit four in the second, where Holbrook’s defense clamped down, holding the Scouts to just one field goal in the quarter, giving Holbrook a 20-15 halftime lead.
Holbrook’s lead grew by 4 points in the third quarter with Manny Rico netting 5 in the frame. In the fourth, Brady Becenti connected on 2 of his 3 treys, Rico added two more field goals, and Tyler Woody got in the scoring column with 2 field goals as Holbrook pulled away to the 50-36 win.
Bia led the team in scoring with 12. Rico added 11; Becenti, 9; Woody, 6; Taliman, 6; Amare Nelson, 4; and Keith Thompson added 2.
Holbrook made 3 treys and converted all 7 of their free throws. Window Rock was 2 for 4 at the free-throw line and hit 2 long-range shots. Dominic Antonio led all scorers with 15 points.
Saturday afternoon, Holbrook welcomed Tuba City to a nearly full house at Munoz Gym for the Roadrunner home opener.
The two teams were even through the first quarter with 13 apiece. Taliman netted 5 for the Birds. In the second, Nelson netted 10 points, helping Holbrook open up a 29 to 22 lead.
The Warriors trimmed 1 off that lead in the third despite another 5 from Nelson and 4 by Bia. Holbrook held on in the fourth to win the game 55-46.
Nelson led the way in scoring with 19 points. Bia added 14; Rico, 10; Taliman, 7; Becenti, 3; and Thompson scored 2.
Holbrook made good on 14 of 17 free throws and hit three treys. Tuba City shot only 4 free throws making three. They hit on 5 treys in the loss.
Holbrook will travel to Ganado on Tuesday, then will play in the Benjamin Franklin tournament on Friday and Saturday. They will play Leading Edge and Seton Catholic on Friday. Saturday’s matchups will be with Scottsdale Christian and Fountain Hills.
Next week, the Roadrunners will host St. Johns on Wednesday.
